The compounded effects of classism and racism on mental health outcomes for African Americans.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus E. Cavalhieri ◽  
Melanie M. Wilcox
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes

Racial Discrimination Predicts Mental Health Outcomes Beyond the Role of Personality Traits in a Community Sample of African Americans

2021 ◽  
pp. 216770262095731
Author(s):  
Yara Mekawi ◽  
Courtland S. Hyatt ◽  
Jessica Maples-Keller ◽  
Sierra Carter ◽  
Vasiliki Michopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Hierarchical Regression

Despite a consistent body of work documenting associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, the utility and validity of these findings have recently been questioned because some authors have posited that personality traits may account for these associations. To test this hypothesis in a community sample of African Americans ( n = 419, age: M = 43.96 years), we used bivariate relations and hierarchical regression analyses to determine whether racial discrimination accounted for additional variance in depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms beyond the role of personality. Bivariate relations between personality traits and racial discrimination were small and positive (i.e., rs ≈ .10). Regression results demonstrated that racial discrimination accounted for variance in depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress independent of personality traits ( ps < .01). These results suggest that personality traits do not fully explain associations between racial discrimination and negative mental health outcomes, further supporting the detrimental impact of racial discrimination on the mental health of African Americans.

scholarly journals Mental Health Inequities and Disparities among African American Adults in the United States: The Role of Race

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. p23
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Armstrong-Mensah ◽  
Harshita Patel ◽  
Priyanka Parekh ◽  
Crystal Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
The United States ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes

Although the rate of mental illness among African Americans and Whites in the United Sates are similar, African Americans tend to have the worst mental health outcomes in the country. This is due to several inequities, particularly those associated with race such as discrimination, provider bias, stereotyping, weak socio-economic status, limited access to health insurance, poor quality mental health care, treatment gaps, culture, and stigma related to mental health care. Recognizing that the differences in mental health outcomes among minority populations in the United States is also driven by race and not just by brain chemistry, or environmental exposures, and developing strategies that target the issue of race, will not only lead to increased access to mental health services among African Americans, but will generally improve upon their mental health status. This article discusses mental health disparities among African Americans, the inequities that cause them, and strategies for addressing the disparities with a focus on race.

Mental Health Among Adolescents from Returned Portuguese Immigrant Families

2010 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Neto
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Immigrant Families ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Portuguese Adolescents

This study investigated mental health problems and their predictors among adolescents from returned immigrant families. The sample consisted of 360 returned adolescents (mean age = 16.8 years; SD = 1.9). The mean duration of a sojourn in Portugal for the sample was 8.2 years (SD = 4.5). A control group of 217 Portuguese youths were also included in the study. Adolescents from immigrant families reported mental health levels similar to those of Portuguese adolescents who have never migrated. Girls showed more mental health problems than boys. Younger adolescents showed fewer mental health problems than older adolescents. Adaptation variables contributed to mental health outcomes even after acculturation variables were accounted for. Implications of the study for counselors are discussed.

Does peer support improve mental health outcomes? Results from an RCT among HIV-positive men and women

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane M. Simoni ◽  
David Huh ◽  
Samantha Yard ◽  
Kimberly F. Balsam ◽  
Keren Lehavot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Hiv Positive Men

Evidence of sexual orientation and gender differences in mental health outcomes for violent crime victims

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Cramer ◽  
Martha Shumway ◽  
Amanda M. Amacker ◽  
Dale E. McNiel ◽  
Sarah Holley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Violent Crime ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
And Gender

Gang Involvement and Mental Health Outcomes Among Juvenile Detainees

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanne Choe ◽  
Jason J. Washburn ◽  
Karen M. Abram ◽  
Linda A. Teplin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes ◽  
Juvenile Detainees ◽  
Gang Involvement

Considering grief in mental health outcomes of COVID-19.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (S1) ◽  
pp. S87-S89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca F. Bertuccio ◽  
Megan C. Runion
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Mental Health Outcomes
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